Charlotte, N.C. - Senior pole vaulter Keon Howe is set to compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships on Friday at 7:15 p.m. in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Charlotte local ranks 12th in the country after his record-breaking performance at the Boston University Last Chance Meet on Feb. 27-28. At the meet, he cleared 5.47m (17'-11.25") to claim his seventh first-place finish of the indoor season.
"I'm very excited and happy I was able to reach my goals at the important times I needed to," Howe said. "I did what I needed to do at Conference leading up to it, so I'm just glad everything is going as planned.